mas

Hussein Chalayan dress, Pamela Love talon ring, Delfina Delettrez hands ring, Made Her Think pyramid stud ring, ThreeASFOUR dress, YSL bracelet, Balenciaga heels, Fleet Ilya bag, Rodarte x Kirkwood thigh-high boots, Alexander Wang suede moto jacket, Alexander Wang camera bag, Shanka fossil resin bangle

being broke blows.

white all over

Ohne Titel SS10, Txell Miras SS08, Ohne Titel SS09, ThreeASFOUR SS10

Spring-ier options for all-white looks. I love the layers and draping in the first three looks and the ultra-sharp tailoring in the look from ThreeASFOUR. The pants look like hypermodern jodhpurs. I have a mission, and it is to look like these pictures.

source: style, nymag

winter white, part I

Preen Fall 2008, Rue du Mail Fall 2009, ThreeASFOUR Fall 2009, Haider Ackermann Fall 2008

There's nothing fresher, to me, than an all-white outfit. As someone who wears all-black, the allure of crisp whites, and the textures they show (as we all know, a lot gets lost in black on black) is undeniable. I've been trying to wear more white all winter - which is somewhat easier in California, given that the weather really never drops far below 60. My main point of struggle is bottoms. I kind of hate white pants. They look so ... ugh gauche. They look like Vegas in the Summertime to me - worn with some kind of hot pink, sparkly halter top and spangly jewelry. Maybe the answer is in Rue du Mail's suggestion of light gray pants (which I could definitely get behind). I also lack a solid white coat. I have a cream cashmere blazer, but that would clash with all my other whites. I think mismatched whites would look almost worse than unmatched blacks (I struggle with this often). I have some white dresses, but I find them frighteningly transparent. I have to just keep trying, and stop buying black. (Oh no!)

source: style, nymag

more 3as4

ThreeASFOUR's Spring collection was based largely on the dot drawing series by Yoko Ono, who I can't lie, I've always sort of dismissed as an artist. But these patterns are beautiful, and I haven't seen the original drawings, but I'm charmed. The runway show itself was a bit of a performance art piece, with the models successively cutting a spiral garment off of the first model to appear. I quite like the idea.

Photos of the studio while the Spring collection was under works

Ono's drawings were reflected back in the makeup on the models

The shoes are the one of the most interesting parts of the collection to me - the combination of what are essentially stripper shoes with interesting bands and straps across them in black fabric, leather, and god knows what else.